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Bert Lahr - Family and Companions
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Family
- father Jacob Lahrheim: German immigrant; settled in the Yorkville section of Manhattan
- son Herbert Lahr: born in 1929; mother, Mercedes Delpino; survived him
- son John Lahr: born on July 12, 1941; mother, Mildred Lahr; survived him
- daughter Jane Lahr: mother, Mildred Lahr; survived him
Companions
- wife Mercedes Delpino: teamed with Lahr in a a dance aact from c. 1919; had common law marriage until they officially wed on August 29, 1929; Lahr was granted an annulment in 1940 on the grounds that Delpino was clinically insane; mother of his son Herbert
- wife Mildred Schroeder: married from February 11, 1940 until his death in 1967; mother of his son John and daughter Jane
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